mantamark
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Since the update the battery has been shit. It was never that great but i used to be able to get a day out if it, now i have to leave it in the van charging part way through. Charging also seems to be taking longer?
Charged up to 100% earlier, unplugged charger, battery went to 98% after a minute. Its been in use for 1hr 24mins and its down to 68% 
anyone know of an app or setting that tells you whats using power at a given time?
Anyone else having bother since update?
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chris_uk
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Ive noticed this also..
11% left and ive been on it most of the day. Notmally lasts a full day tho, or at least til end of work at 4:30.
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chris_uk
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Also just check your bluetooth isnt on as ios5 enabled it for me when i updated.
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mantamark
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Just checked and its off, even had wifi off to try and save battery. Keep closing apps from quickstart menu and turned push off, notifications off, location services are minimal.
Dont know what else to try :/
Going to let it run right down and see how long it lasts.
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mattievRS
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mine was crap on my 4 after the update! However, try rebooting it twice once after the other ( Hold home and lock button down at same time and hold till the apple logo appears). Mine is now a lot better and since i unplugged this morning at 0550 till now im on 87% with medium usage.
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chris_uk
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Ill try it.
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mantamark
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Just done that, gone from 52 to 48 in 4 mins so dont think its that.
My location purple arrow is constantly on. Even if i turn location services off??
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Munchie
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http://www.avforums.com/forums/iphone/1530254-iphone-4s-poor-battery.html
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mantamark
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Hmmm. Nothing new there and mostly about the 4s.
Anyone know anything about the diag data? Ive got a load of low memory, reset counter and messages in there but dont know if they are significant or not :/
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mantamark
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Oh, now on 25% :/
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Dom
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Have you tried doing a few cycles of completely discharging and fully recharging (best to switch the phone off until 100% charged) the phone? This usually helps as it'll reset counter for battery measurements.
IIRC there is a way of reseting the location permissions under the Reset menu (something like Settings > Reset > Reset Location....) and that might sort the 'purple arrow'.
Location Services - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2594332?start=0&tstart=0
[Edited on 19-10-2011 by Dom]
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Dave
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Mine definatly seems better. I've no real evidence to back this up but it's on 76% now and I've made a few calls, Facebook, safari etc. No gaming though, that really munches the battery.
You must have something running in the background that you don't know about.
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mantamark
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Handy that. The time zone was on so thats off now after the reset.
One other thing ive found is icloud, there is an option to backup using cellular data which was on.
Settings>icloud>documents&data>use cellular.
May be nothing.
Will keep phone off when it dies and fully charge it, try again tomorrow.
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mantamark
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No games today. Ebay, autotrader and safari.
Now autotrader has cocked up and keeps saying timed out.
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nick_sri
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i have the same problem with the battery
i recently bought
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNU-Power-DX1700W-iPhone-4-4S-External-Backup-Battery-Case-Charger-Glossy-White-/180733690068?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3590242045142047298
still waiting on delivery but had one on for my old 3g and it was brilliant , double battery and a bit more
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John
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It's big enough without that on it.
A phone should be able to last at least a day.
I'm now at 28% after turning a couple of bits off.
I'll let the battery run right down to see if that helps.
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jamied
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Weird,mine used to be around 40% after a day now its less than 30%. I thought was to do with JB but looks like its same for everybody
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mantamark
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Quick update, after doing the above and letting the battery run down and charge up twice im now on 7%, 6hr 27min usage and 22hr 16min standby.
So loads better.
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John
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Mine is now under 100% before I even take it off the charger, definitely something up.
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noshua
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Mine does that.
I reckon it's the phone software turning it off once it reaches 100% to prevent overcharging and to prolong battery life after cycles.
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Jambo
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I noticed my 4s seemed worse than 3GS. So turned off push notifications for things like stocks etc which I don't use and turned the brightness down a fad. Seems fine now. Not great like. But ok
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Ojc
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Hi where is that pls
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Jambo
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Notifications in settings Ollie.
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mantamark
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7%, 6hr 15min usage, 1 day 4hr standby.
Getting better :/ wonder if next cycle will better again.
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John
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Currently on 70% with 3 hours 15 minutes usage (actually used for about 10 minutes).
6 hours 1 minute standby.
I'm giving it until the weekend then see if I can get it swapped.
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